A429 crash in Coventry on 23 April 2015 at 17:21 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Suzuki Swift, were involved in a crash on the A429 in Coventry at 17:21 on Thursday 23 April 2015. The 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 45-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2015
- Thursday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40019, longitude -1.51611, in the CV3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV3 6HW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Coventry
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201520M006115
- Council area
- Coventry
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 429
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2002.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A429 in Coventry, 20 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200220M106602
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A429 in Coventry, 8 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199920M120601
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the A429 in Coventry, 6 December 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201679233
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A429 in Coventry, 6 January 2006
10 m awayRef 200620M003002
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A429 in Coventry, 5 May 2004
10 m awayRef 200420M036902
Slight
Sinnis Shuttle crash on the A429 in Coventry, 5 May 2016
11 m awayRef 2016200068104
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 201520M006115 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Coventry road accident statistics for 2015.